This report analyzes the terms of 190 venture financings closed in the fourth quarter of 2017 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley.

Following the California Supreme Court’s Brinker ruling (April 2012 Employment Alert) that a California employer satisfies its meal/rest period obligations by "providing" rather than "ensuring" employees take rest and meal breaks, the trial court certified meal and rest break classes that focused on the language of the applicable employment policies.

The named plaintiff in the action alleged that Chipotle placed the FCRA disclosure in the employment application and surrounded it with distracting language.

In Mendiola v. CPS Security Solutions, Inc., a California court of appeal ruled that security guards must be paid for time spent on-call where they could not leave their work premises.

A California appellate court ruled, in Garcia v. Pexco, that a temporary worker could be made to arbitrate his California Labor Code claims against both the staffing agency that employed him...

Employers should carefully consider how they handle investigations by outside counsel and non-attorneys in light of a California appellate court decision in City of Petaluma v. the Superior Court of Sonoma County.

In Lawlor v. North American Corporation (lower court opinion reported at FEB hyperlink), the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the employer was liable for the actions of its outside investigator who engaged in "pretexting" to obtain a former employee's personal cell phone records.

New York City joined a growing number of jurisdictions that limit the use of credit checks in employment.

In addition to San Francisco, employers with New York operations should begin thinking about their parental leave policies in light of a new law providing up to twelve weeks of partially paid family leave.

This is consistent with OGC and Board scrutiny of policies over the last several years, even in the absence of an unfair labor practice charge.

Diane Schmidt was a professor at California State University in Chico who sued the university for disability discrimination, harassment and retaliation.

On March 8, 2013, United States Immigration and Citizenship Services released a revised I-9 form.

The unemployment rate dropped to 6.6% in January 2014, which is the lowest rate since October of 2008 and reflects a pattern of decreasing unemployment since the high of 10% in October of 2009.

On October 4, 2013, California reduced the additional California state income taxes levied on deferred arrangements that violate Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code

The United States Supreme Court agreed to review whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower protections apply to employees of a public company's contractor or subcontractor.

In "American Express Company v. Italian Colors Restaurant", a non-employment case, the Supreme Court enforced a class action waiver in an American Express arbitration agreement.

Thanks to Hon. (Ret.) Andrew J. Peck, now Senior Counsel at DLA Piper, I just learned of a hot-off-the-presses (yesterday) Technology Assisted Review decision by the Utah federal district court.

The "That Was Us!" series celebrates where we've been and what we've accomplished by creating a patchwork of voices from the people who helped us along the way.

We have analyzed the terms of venture financings for Israeli and Israeli-related technology companies that reported raising money during the year 2016.

Adding to the confusion surrounding the controversial requirement of the National Labor Relations Board that employers post notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (reported in our January 2012 FEB), the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an emergency injunction blocking enforcement of the rule.